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The Year in Review: 2008 Highlights

January 1, 2009

I meant to get this out on December 31, but that didn’t quite work out, so HAPPY NEW YEAR!  And here are some highlights of the last year on AmiExpat: 2008 started for us in the United States We experienced a trip through Hell on Iberia Airlines while traveling back to Germany from Northern Virginia [...]

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IHOP now has streusel pancakes

November 18, 2008

And is advertising them with a horribly embarrassing commercial. What do you think?

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The Where We Live Interview and More on How Germans View the US Presidential Election

October 29, 2008

I just finished the interview and wow, I think I sucked pretty hard.  I just am not good at immediately spitting out answers, I like to think things out a bit more, plus I’d spent the time before the interview perusing the German coverage, so my brain was still in German language mode (shoulda thought [...]

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How to dress like a German

September 12, 2008

It’s a topic many travelers to and expats in Germany wonder about at some point: how do I blend in with the locals? In my travels throughout Germany, I’ve found it pretty easy to pick out Americans, even the ones dressing incognito. I’ve developed “American Radar.” There’s a way Americans carry themselves: a certain walk, [...]

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The Answers, part II: living in Germany, living in general, and kids

April 4, 2008

What is the best part about living in Germany? What is the hardest? The best part about living in Germany is probably the socialized medicine. You hear stories about illnesses making people bankrupt in the US, and I don’t have to worry at all about that here. If, God forbid, Oliver was autistic, or Rainer [...]

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Video Wednesday: German cowboys do Nelly

April 1, 2008

I have not been in the mood to work on the blog at all this week. Sorry bout that, but I guess every blogger goes through that occasionally.  Not much to report, but here goes: I think Oliver is getting close to saying his first word.  He says, “Mamam mamamam,” a lot.  We were in [...]

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Chocolate Withdrawal

March 26, 2008

We spent this weekend with my in-laws and I think I gained back all the weight I lost over the last 8 months.  My jeans were tight when we left and I spent today going through chocolate withdrawal.  In case you don’t have a German mother-in-law, visits to a GMIL could qualify as world class [...]

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